Lost Vanguard Russian Modernist Architecture 19
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- 出版社 The Monacelli Press
- 出版时间 2007年5月
- ISBN 9781580931854
- 定价 635.30
内容简介
TheLostVanguarddocumentstheworkofmodernistarchitectsintheSovietUnionduringtheyearsfollowingthe1917revolutionandcivilwar.Inlittlemorethanadecade，someofthemostradicalbuildingsofthetwentiethcenturywerecompletedbyasmallgroupofarchitectswhodevelopedanewarchitecturallanguageinsupportofnewsocialgoalsofcommunallife.RarelypublishedandvirtuallyinaccessibleuntilthecollapseoftheSovietregime，theseimportantbuildingshaveremainedunknownandunappreciated.RichardPare'sphotographsrevealthepowerfulformsofthesestructures，somestillinusebutmanynowabandonedanddecayed.MassiveindustrialcomplexesliketheDnieperRiverDamandMoGES，whichsupplieselectricitytothecityofMoscow;vastcommunalhousesforworkers，includingGinzburg'sNarkomfin;commercialbuildingsandgovernmentoffices;andsmallerclubsandtheaterswereallbuiltinthisbriefperiod.Inanincisiveessay，architecturalhistorianJean-LouisCohensurveysthehistoryoftheperiod，providingacontextfortheemergenceofthisstartlingnewarchitectureinparalleltocontemporaryexperimentsinEurope.
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